Overview
- Municipal officials confirmed 10 deaths, including nine adults and one minor, after a Conexión bus fell into a ravine near Zontecomatlán on December 24.
- Thirty-two injured passengers were transported for treatment to hospitals in Chicontepec and Huayacocotla, Veracruz, and to Huejutla, Hidalgo.
- The Fiscalía General del Estado de Veracruz recovered the bodies and opened a case, and authorities have not determined the cause as forensic work continues.
- Local residents and volunteers worked alongside state and municipal agencies from Veracruz and Hidalgo to conduct rescues and transfers in the mountainous area.
- Within roughly a day, a separate rollover in Pánuco left at least eight injured, and a two-bus collision on the Tlapa–Puebla road in Guerrero killed at least three and injured 25, reinforcing public complaints about road conditions and bus oversight.